11th annual event stretches more than 800 miles along U.S. 40

HANCOCK COUNTY — If you just happen to be en route from Baltimore to St. Louis on U.S. 40 this weekend, prepare to dance on the brake pedal as rubberneckers and bargain hunters scour the Historic National Road Yard Sale.

Now in its 11th year, what might be the country’s largest dusk to dawn yard sale spans more than 800 miles and kicks off annually on the first Wednesday after Memorial Day, said Patricia McDaniel, who chairs the Historic National Road Yard Sale and owns The Old Storefront antique and vintage store in Dublin.

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